The village center lies between the lake and the slopes of the Buchberg (888 m or 2913 feet, "Beech Mountain") and is the location of a Baroque pilgrimage church.

The village is a centre for sailing on the Attersee, with a shipyard and an important yacht club (the Union Yachtclub Attersee) which organizes international sailing competitions.

A village festival is held annually, when local people come together to celebrate and play music.

The village is home to prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements[3] that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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